Whitmire: Alabama Democrats take their toxic mess to the Chicago DNC

Petty internal politics has poisoned Alabama's other party.

Joe Reed 's years-long struggle to control the Alabama Democratic Party is about to spill over into the Democratic National Convention.

Long ago, however, the Democratic National Committee bylaws said state parties should have caucuses for all kinds of folks — LGBTQ, Latinos and youth, among them — with seats proportionate to the Democrats voting in each state. A handful of Democrats, including but not limited to then-Sen. Doug Jones, persuaded the DNC to make the state party abide by those rules.

repealed the changes mandated by the DNC and refused to seat members on the executive committee they didn’t approve of It’s all about who gets to go to the Big Party — the national convention next week in Chicago. This is the sort of affair that makes party officials feel important and some will do everything they can to go. Reed and Kelley believed they would get to pick their favorites for the big bash.Under party rules, which Kelley and Reed should have read, the presidential candidates get a say. They get to vet their delegates to the convention. Kelley submitted a list.

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